Sports season
The 2017–18 SPHL season was the 14th season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).
League business
Team changes
Teams
| 2017-18 Southern Professional Hockey League
|
| Team |
City |
Arena
|
| Birmingham Bulls
|
Pelham, Alabama
|
Pelham Civic Center
|
| Evansville Thunderbolts
|
Evansville, Indiana
|
Ford Center
|
| Fayetteville Marksmen
|
Fayetteville, North Carolina
|
Crown Complex
|
| Huntsville Havoc
|
Huntsville, Alabama
|
Von Braun Center
|
| Knoxville Ice Bears
|
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
Knoxville Civic Coliseum
|
| Macon Mayhem
|
Macon, Georgia
|
Macon Coliseum
|
| Mississippi RiverKings
|
Southaven, Mississippi
|
Landers Center
|
| Pensacola Ice Flyers
|
Pensacola, Florida
|
Pensacola Bay Center
|
| Peoria Rivermen
|
Peoria, Illinois
|
Carver Arena
|
| Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs
|
Roanoke, Virginia
|
Berglund Center
|
Map of teams
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SPHL teams
Regular season
Standings
Final standings.[4]
- ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
- Advanced to playoffs
President's Cup playoffs
For 2018, the top eight teams at the end of the regular season qualified for the playoffs. The league implemented a new format so that the top three seeds chose their opponent from the bottom four qualifiers, calling it the "challenge round". The second round still had the highest versus lowest remaining seed format.[5]
Playoff bracket
| Challenge Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Championships
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1
| Peoria
| 2
| | | |
|
| 8
| Roanoke
| 0
| |
| | 1
| Peoria
| 2
| |
|
| |
| | | 5
| Knoxville
| 0
| |
| 2
| Macon
| 2
| |
| |
| 6
| Evansville
| 1
| |
| | 1
| Peoria
| 1
| |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
| |
| | | 4
| Huntsville
| 2
| |
| 3
| Pensacola
| 0
| | |
| |
| 5
| Knoxville
| 2
| |
| | 2
| Macon
| 1
| |
|
| |
| | | 4
| Huntsville
| 2
| |
| 4
| Huntsville
| 2
| |
| |
| 7
| Mississippi
| 1
| |
Finals
- Home team is listed first.
| April 27
|
Huntsville Havoc
|
|
2 – 3
|
|
Peoria Rivermen
|
Von Braun Center
|
Recap
|
|
| Huntsville won series 2–1
|
|
|
|
|
Awards
| Award |
Recipient(s) |
Finalists
|
| President's Cup |
Huntsville Havoc |
Peoria Rivermen
|
William B. Coffey Trophy
(Best regular-season record) |
Peoria Rivermen |
|
| Defenseman of the Year |
Dave Pszenyczny (Peoria) |
Daniel Gentzler (Macon)
Stuart Stefan (Hunstville)
|
| Rookie of the Year |
Jacob Barber (Birmingham) |
Eliot Grauer (Knoxville)
Tomas Sholl (Evansville)
|
| Goaltender of the Year |
Brad Barone (Roanoke) |
Tomas Sholl (Evansville)
|
| Coach of the Year[6] |
Jean-Guy Trudel (Peoria) |
Jeff Bes (Pensacola)
Kevin Kerr (Macon)
|
| Most Valuable Player |
Berkley Scott (Knoxville) |
Jake Trask (Macon)
|
| Kevin Swider Leading Scorer Award |
Berkley Scott (Knoxville) |
Jake Trask (Macon)
|
All-SPHL selections
| Position |
First Team |
Second Team |
All-Rookie
|
| G
|
Brad Barone (Roanoke)
|
Tomas Sholl (Evansville)
|
Tomas Sholl (Evansville)
|
| D
|
Dave Pszenyczny (Peoria)
Stuart Stefan (Huntsville)
|
David Brancik (Knoxville)
Daniel Gentzler (Macon)
|
Anthony Calabrese (Huntsville) (tie)
Michael Chen (Knoxville)
Derek Perl (Huntsville) (tie)
|
| F
|
Alec Hagaman (Peoria)
Berkley Scott (Knoxville)
Jake Trask (Macon)
|
Jake Hauswirth (Fayetteville)
Steve Mele (Roanoke)
Garrett Milan (Pensacola)
|
Jacob Barber (Birmingham)
Eliot Grauer (Knoxville)
Joseph Widmar (Peoria)
|
References
External links
